Broken Hill North Public School

Wednesday 23 Feb       BHNPS Swimming Carnival

Friday 25 Feb           Cohort groups’ assemblies in hall throughout the day

 

Week 6

Monday 28 Feb       Staff meeting – Walking Together Working Together focus

Thursday 3 March   Pop Up Lunch day – Pie/Sausage Roll/Pastie + drink

                                    BH/Barrier swimming Carnival from 3.45pm

Friday 4 March         Cohort groups’ assemblies in hall throughout the day

                                    Barrier PSSA trials

 

Principal’s Report

 

COVID-19 Update

 

The Premier announced changes to NSW broader community settings yesterday, including changes to mask wearing in the wider community.

 

COVID-smart measures including masks and visitors have not changed. Surgical masks continue to be required to be worn indoors for all school staff, volunteers and students in Years 7 and above. Masks are strongly recommended for primary school students.

 

Families need to register all positive RAT tests on their Service NSW app, enter the school name when prompted in the app and advise the school. Students are not to bring any test to school or come to school if they have received a positive result. If you require additional Rapid Antigen Tests please check in at the front office and collect.

 

Footpath Upgrade

Following recent approval by Council, Conex Group Pty Ltd have been engaged to carry out footpath and kerb replacement. This will commence on Monday 28 February in Lane Street and proceed around the school from there. The works will cause some issues re drop off and pick up for the 3 weeks to complete the job. I’m choosing to see it as short-term pain for long term gain.

 

Swimming Carnival

We dive into our school’s swimming carnival this Wednesday 23rd February at the Broken Hill Regional Aquatic Centre. We trust the weather will suit and all our primary aged students will be in attendance. All our primary staff will be at the pool to ensure we have enough support for the day. As a result, we won’t have capacity to supervise primary students at school. Many thanks to Mr Dewberry and Mrs Vette-Welsh who have been working hard behind the scenes to make sure the day goes smoothly.

 

Our student leadership groups have been elected and the SRC Induction assembly will be held on Friday 11th March from 10.25am. Many thanks to our patron, Mrs Gaiter for her support of this process. The student leadership group follows –

School Captains	Adelaide Schultz & Siarn Brady
Vice Captains	Samuel Harvey & Matt Molloy

Class Representatives

K-6 D	Cameron Fauser
K-6 R	Abby Donohue
K-6 W	Beaudean Bugmy
1-2 H	Charlie Stephens
2 B	Freya Lloyde & Amelia Haring
3-4 K	Rubee Kennewell & Harrison Druitt
3-4 S	Isabella Peduto & Kaden Balman
3-6 L	Brycen Haugum & Mahalia Boel
4-5 M	Kaleigh Power & Connor Druitt
5-6 G	Brylee Hocking & Ella Clarke
5-6 VW	Jye Bishop & Shae Dawson

House Representatives

Thalta	Captains	Kasey Boatswain & Liam Spencer
	Vice Captains	Mackynlee Rampling & Emmanual Sitali
Kalthi	Captains	Shaelee Calder & Deacoda Corradini
	Vice Captains	Eli Ahearn & Georgia Kennedy
Parna	Captains	Isaac Chavez Slater & Mylee Pettitt
	Vice Captains	Mia Stephens & Mason Pettitt

HOW2Learn

One of our major and ongoing professional learning activities we have in place is HOW2Learn which is a research-based package aimed at increasing our teaching skills and improving outcomes for our students. Each week I will endeavour to propose aspects of mindsets and challenge you to take it into consideration in your role as parents / carers. 

Fixed Mindset I need to prove myself

Change to

Growth Mindset I try to improve myself

Which mindset is most likely to result in learning?  Change the words, change the mindset!

Attendance Snapshot

Term 1 Week 4

Target 91%

Actual - 88.1%

K F	K M	K-6 D	K-6 R	K-6 W	1 H	1-2 H
98.8%	95.3%	83.3%	80%	88.6%	88.9%	97.8%

2 B	3-4 K	3-4 S	3-6 L	4-5 M	5-6 G	5-6 W
85.9%	93.8%	84.6%	80%	85.6%	83.2%	87.7%

Lots of room for improvement here - Every day counts!

Raise Responsibility Class Points ( > 90% ) – K F, K M, 1 H, 1-2 H, 2 B, 4-5 M, 5-6 G, 5-6 VW, K-6 D, K-6 R, 3-6 L & K-6 W

100% Green students – K M, 1 H, 2 B, 4-5 M, K-6 R & 3-6 L

Attendance – K F

100% attendees – 199 students attended every day this week. Huge improvement on last week.

	Class Awards	Learning Power Awards
K M	Bella Norris, Jonas Kelly, Kara Mitchell
K-6 R	Khamani White
K-6 W	Lilly-Mai Edge
1 H	Blayde Baldwin, Theodore Pascoe, Aubrey Merritt-Ridge
1-2 H	Adrianna Holm, Ebonee Pimm, Ashton Reardon
3-4 K	Kaydent Bugeja, Honnor Daykin, Cooper Pettitt
4-5 M	Nevada Staker, Sophie Taplin, Aspen Reid
5-6 VW	Lacey Ticehurst, Mervyn Etrich, Shae Dawson

The P& C Uniform shop is available for online ordering and orders will be ready for collection on Monday. The uniform shop will be open Monday mornings 9:30 am to 10:30 am for cash purchases and viewing of the uniforms. 

Please see image below for online ordering instructions through SCHOOL24.